February 3, 2021
Group F:
The absence of Belarus in the last window meant that they had an extra game this time, which was played on Wednesday ahead of the rest of the round on Thursday. The teams traveled to Riga with Latvia hosting the group as a neutral site. Marissa Kastanek led Poland to a 68-56 win to stave off elimination.
Belarus vs. Poland 56-68 BLR Papova 13 Likhtarovich 11/6r Verameyenka 8/8r Hasper 8 Snytsina 4/6r Rytsikava 4 Bentley 4 Ziuzkova 2 Inkina 2 Vasilevich 0 Masko DNP Brych DNP POL Kastanek 23 Gajda 15/6a Adamowicz 11 Kaczmarczyk 7 Telenga 6/11r Skobel 2/6r Borkowska 2 Sklepowicz 2 Rembiszewska 0 Podgorna 0 Dobrowolska 0 Banaszak DNP
February 4, 2021
Group A:
Slovenia is hosting this group in Ljubljana. Eva Lisec helped them edge Borislava Hristova 71-66 to officially qualify. Greece kept themselves in position heading into the final day with a 95-58 win over Iceland.
Slovenia vs. Bulgaria 71-66 SLO Lisec 23/7r Oblak 16 Prezelj 14 Baric 10/8a Senicar 4 Friskovec 2 Jakovina 2 Trebec 0 Kroselj 0 Gorsic DNP Rupnik DNP Dautovic DNP BUL Hristova 20 Zlatanova 14/10r Georgieva 14 Stoycheva 6 G. Ivanova 5 H. Ivanova 4 Kocheva 3 Dimitrova 0 Kostova 0 Konstantinova 0 Petrova DNP Nikolova DNP
Iceland vs. Greece 58-95 ISL S. Hinriksdottir 17 Kjartansdottir 13/9 B. Hinriksdottir 11 T. Jonsdottir 10 Karlsdottir 3 H. Jonsdottir 2 Henningsdottir 2 Sigurdardottir 0 Gunnarsdottir 0 Grimsdottir 0 Amundadottir 0 Sverrisdottir 0 GRE Spyridopoulou 18 Spanou 15/6r Christinaki 13 Bosgana 12 Fasoula 10/7r Stamolamprou 8 Nikolopoulou 7 Diela 6 Sotiriou 4 Pavlopoulou 2 Vintsilaiou 0 Alexandri 0
Group B:
Jelena Dubljevic was impressive for Montenegro in a 69-67 home win over Frida Elderbrink and already-qualified Sweden in Podgorica. Their win eliminates Israel, their opponents in the last game.
Montenegro vs. Sweden 69-67 MNE Dubljevic 34/14r Gatling 13/7r Mujovic 8/6r Jovanovic 8 Pasic 3 Aleksic 3 Kovacevic 0 Zivaljevic DNP Zivkovic DNP Rakovic DNP Jaksic DNP Lekovic DNP SWE F. Eldebrink 26/8r Halvarsson 11 Loyd 11 E. Eldebrink 10/6r Fontaine 7 Magarity 2 Ekh 0 Gustavsson 0 Hjern DNP Werth DNP Johansson DNP Hersler DNP
Group C:
This group is playing in Orenburg. Bosnia and Herzegovina was missing two key players, but Courtney Hurt filled in as the naturalized player and a 67-62 win over Evita Herminjard and Switzerland was enough to officially clinch their spot. Hosts Russia are not officially qualified, but are almost there after a 79-35 win over Estonia.
Switzerland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina 62-67 SUI Herminjard 23 Chardon 17 Fora 8 Ruga 4 Toumi 4 Franchina 4 Stoianov 2 Jaquot 0 Clement 0 Margot 0 Schwarz DNP Bruchez DNP BIH Hurt 30/13r Brcaninovic 14/10r Vrancic 6 Deura 4 Tavic 4 Babic 4 Dzebo 3 A. Delic 2 N. Delic 0 Dzombeta DNP Markovic DNP Miseljic DNP
Russia vs. Estonia 79-35 RUS Musina 17 Kurilchuk 14 Komarova 13/6a Vadeeva 11/11r Goldyreva 5/6a Burovaya 5 Abaiburova 4 Shilova 4 Tikhonenko 2/8r Marchenkova 2 Shabanova 2 Namok 0 EST Lass 17 Sepp 5 Anderson 4 Pokk 3/6r Pulk 3 Adler 2 Kosareva 1 Oinits 0 J. Svilberg 0 Uprus 0 H. Svilberg 0 Gontsarova 0
Group D:
This group is playing at a neutral site in Istanbul. The Czech Republic rolled past Romania 100-52 behind Julia Reisingerova. Italy kept pace with a 101-55 win over Denmark.
Romania vs. Czech Republic 52-100 ROU Marginean 14 Walker 10/7r Sipos 9 Ghizila 8 Podar 5 Lenart 4 Pavel 2 Orban 0/7r Popescu 0 Filip 0 Armanu 0 Ghita 0 CZE Reisingerova 25/9r Hanusova 15 Vorackova 12/10r Elhotova 11 Stoupalova 10 Brezinova 8 Hejdova 8 Bartakova 6/16a Adamcova 3 Vyoralova 2 Sipova 0 Matuskova 0
Italy vs. Denmark 101-55 ITA Bestagno 18 Zandalasini 17/6a Keys 14/6r Penna 13 Pan 11 Romeo 9 De Pretto 5 Attura 5 Madera 4 Carangelo 3 Cinili 2 Crippa 0 DEN Jespersen 17/6r Ryder 17 S. Trygedsson 6 Emsbo 3 Pedersen 2 I. Trygedsson 2 Emsbo 2 Seilund 2 Hee 2 Wich 2 Rimdal 0 Mikkelsen 0
Group E:
Turkey kept themselves in contention by taking care of business at home in Istanbul with a 67-55 win over Lithuania.
Lithuania vs. Turkey 55-67 LTU Nacickaite 17 Labuckiene 15/9r Petronyte 9 Jocyte 8 Zdaneviciute 3 Miskiniene 2/8r Sulske 1 Timofejeva 0 Kazociunaite 0 Miknaite 0 Sakeviciute DNP Sarauskaite DNP TUR Bilgic 12 Cakir 11 Onar 10 Yavuz 10 Hollingsworth 5 Uzun 5 Ural 4/9r Canitez 3/6r/6a Yalcin 3 Caglar 2/6r Gulcan 2 Fitik 0
Group F:
This group continued play in Riga with Great Britain knowing that a win would seal qualification. Temi Fagbenle was strong in the paint, but they could not get the points that they needed late and Belarus won 65-57. They can now seal the top spot by avenging their loss to Poland, but a Poland win would send the group to tiebreakers.
Belarus vs. Great Britain 65-57 BLR Rytsikava 17 Snytsina 16/6r Verameyenka 15/10r Papova 6 Likhtarovich 5 Hasper 4 Bentley 4 Inkina 0 Ziuzkova 0 Vasilevich 0 Masko DNP Brych DNP GBR Fagbenle 23/13r Samuelson 12 Anigwe 7/7r Simpson 7 Green 6 Charles 2 Handy 0 Monakana 0 Busch 0 Adebayo DNP Robb DNP Joseph DNP
Group G:
This group is being played in Matosinhos as Belgium beat Finland 82-47 while already having qualified. Ukraine is in second place after Krystyna Matsko fired them past hosts Portugal 87-58.
Belgium vs. Finland 82-47 BEL Meesseman 18/10r Raman 13/6a K. Mestdagh 13 Vanloo 12 Delaere 11 Bi. Massey 6/9r Wauters 4 H. Mestdagh 3 Carpreaux 2 Nauwelaers 0 Be. Massey 0 Geldof DNP FIN Kuier 20/6r Ukkonen 9 Koskimies 7 Pelander 4 Lehtoranta 3/8r Aijanen 2 Vesiluoma 2 Pirttinen 0 Holopainen 0 Kalin 0 Ollilainen 0 Sandvik 0
Portugal vs. Ukraine 58-87 POR Bettencourt 18 L. Ferreira 10 Kostourkova 8/11r Soeiro 7 Silva 4 Goncalves 4 E. Ferreira 3 Filipe 2 Rodrigues 2 Da Silva 0 Carvalheira 0 Laneiro 0 UKR Matsko 29/9r Iagupova 17/7r/14a Yatskovets 12/6r Naumenko 10/11r Dubrovina 10/6a Uro-Nile 7 Shmatova 2 Horobets 0 Sivakova DNP Datsko DNP Mitina DNP Liubinets DNP
Group H:
Bernadett Hatar and Hungary avoided elimination with a 65-57 win in Piestany. Slovakia will also host the next game and will need to win to force the tiebreaker as the Netherlands tops the group with a win.
Slovakia vs. Hungary 57-65 SVK Slamova 13 Dudasova 9 Palenikova 8 Balintova 7/6r/7a Oroszova 6 Remenarova 4 Sujova 4 Jurcenkova 2/7r Moravcikova 2 Mistinova 2 Jakubcova DNP Balazova DNP HUN Hatar 25/11r Fegyverneky 13/7a Goree 11/8r Studer 8 Raksanyi 6 Kiss 2 Dubei 0 Zele 0 Torok 0 Aho 0 Lelik DNP Horvath DNP
Group I:
North Macedonia withdrew from play so there was only game in the group in Riga. Germany was missing its two biggest names so Luisa Geiselsoder picked up the slack, but Iva Slonjsak and Ivana Dojkic paced Croatia in an 80-66 win that secured their qualification.
Germany vs. Croatia 66-80 GER Geiselsoder 21/9r Hebecker 17 Stach 13 Greinacher 5/13r Brunckhorst 5/8a Schluter 3 Degbeon 2 Crowder 0 Hartmann 0 Wilke 0 Bertholdt DNP Klug DNP CRO Slonjsak 23/10r Dojkic 23/7r/6a Rezan 17/6r Miletic 10 Masic 5 Tikvic 2 Cvitkovic 0 Begic 0 Dzankic 0 Perisa 0 Petrak DNP Silov DNP